74 ARCTIAD^. 



1318. Melese endopyra, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 15.) 



Head and thorax reddish brown ; palpi above, sides of frons, and 

 back of head crimson ; tegulae and patagia slightly edged with 

 crimson ; coxae and femora above crimson ; metathorax with 

 crimson patch ; abdomen crimson above, whitish below. Fore 

 wing red-brown ; yellow and scarlet streak on base of inner margin 

 expanding into a patch with a yellow spot on it before middle ; a 

 medial bar from submedian fold to inner margin ; a blackish spot 

 in middle of cell and another with slight red centre below base of 

 vein 2 ; obliquely-placed small dark-edged hyaline spots beyond 

 the cell above and below vein 6. Hind wing yellow tinged with 

 pink, especially in female. 



Hah. Bolivia, Chaco {Garlep'p\l 5 type, S in Coll. Staudinger. 

 Exp. 40 miUim. 



1319. Melese chozeba. 



Neritos chozeba. Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 90, pi. 9. f. 22 (1884) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 198. 



S . Head and thorax orange tinged with crimson and chestnut ; 

 tips of antennae and tarsi white ; pectus and abdomen crimson, the 

 latter orange towards extremity. Fore wing crimson suflPused with 

 chestnut, and with some confluent orange-yellow spots on basal area 

 below the cell ; traces of a postmedial hyaline point above vein 5. 

 Hind wing yellowish white, the inner area very slightly tinged 

 with crimson and brown. 



Hah. Costa Rica, Irazu {Rogers), 1 S type, Godman-fealvin Coll.; 

 Beazil, Sta. Catherina, Rio Grande do Sul. Exp. 42 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Head, thorax, abdomen, and markings of fore wing deep 

 bright crimson ; the hyaline spot above vein 5 well developed ; hind 

 wing pale yellow. 



Hah. Colombia {Pratt), in Coll. Druce. 



Sect. II. {Melese). Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell ; the scale-like gland 

 small. 

 A. Antennae of male bipectinate, with short branches. 



a. Fore wing with crimson markings ; hind wing tinged 



with crimson. 



a}. Vertex of head brown.. asmia. 



b^. Vertex of head yellow and crimson. 



«^. Fore wing ot female without prominent yellow 



postmedial patch on costa flavimaculata. 



6^. Fore wing of female with yellow postmedial patch 



on costa laodamia. 



c^. Fore wing of female with crimson annuli on yellow 



spots ocellata, 



b. Fore wing without crimson markings ; hind wing brown, babosa. 



1320. Melese asana. 



Neritos asana. Druce, Biol, Centr.-Am., Het. i. p. 90, pi. 9. f. 21 (1884) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 198. 



cJ . Head and thorax grey-brown ; antennae white at tips ; palpi, 



